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Recent Examples of playgirl
The night janitor and a playgirl shoplifter are trapped in a discount store with armed robbers.
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playgirl
Noun
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Receiving a cut of every Cadillac sold in California, Tommy lived a playboy life, speeding cars, dating starlets, and competing in drag races along the dry desert lake beds of the Mojave Desert, hurtling across the sand in goggles at over 100 miles per hour.—
Stayton Bonner,
Robb Report,
24 Aug. 2025
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Marty Supreme stars Timothée Chalamet as a cocky playboy ping-pong player, and that’s not even the most interesting part.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Released on March 24, 1971, the conceptual song cycle of a poetic middle-aged lecher crashing his Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and subsequently romancing the teenage Nelson, profoundly impacted everyone from Beck to Air, Portishead to Pulp.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2021
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The bawdy comic story lines are well-performed, most prominently by Brian Ibsen as the pompous lecher, Lucio.—
Philip Brandes,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2019
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The tale of Greek mythology has centaurs, satyrs, and baby Pegasi frolicking around until Zeus decides to rain on (and throw lightning bolts at) the parade.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
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After the dig, the IAA’s conservation team restored, cleaned and reassembled the other fragments of the sarcophagus, revealing its central image: Dionysus, surrounded by his female followers, known as maenads, and half-man, half-goat satyrs.—
Aurora Martínez,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 June 2025
Noun
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But Jaron had a new acquaintance—Nortal, an old reprobate who ran the town dump.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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That pair of reprobates retired from politics due to ill health.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
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“Playgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playgirl. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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